Scope and Contents: Procedures and regulations govern the conduct of the Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and other board employees as adopted in 1845. Included among the specific guidelines are provisions describing the manner and procedures to be followed for the awarding of construction contracts, payments to contractors and bondholders, inspections of construction materials and completed construction work, settlement of construction preemption claims, trespasses upon canal timberland, travel reimbursement, and custody of the trust deed.